#VU20445 Buffer overflow in Squid - CVE-2019-12525
Published: August 28, 2019 / Updated: August 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20445
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12525
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Squid
Squid
Software vendor:
Squid-cache.org
Squid-cache.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the Proxy-Authorization header when Squid is configured to use HTTP Digest authentication . A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request to the proxy server and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-7f73e9c5d17664b882ed32590e6af310c247f320.patch
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commits/v4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4065-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4065-2/